Overview

• The DGT’s examiner workforce was fixed at 900 for a 40 million-person population and is now overwhelmed by nearly 50 million residents, adding about 8 000 new applicants each month.
• Pere Navarro said talks with the Ministry of Public Function will secure 118 additional examiners in September and 100 more through this year’s public employment offer.
• The Catalan Parliament approved a transitional regime enabling Generalitat civil servants to conduct practical driving tests under state-negotiated terms.
• The Partido Popular de Galicia filed a parliamentary motion to deploy extra examiners urgently to tackle a 3 000-applicant backlog in Galicia.
• Practical exam waits in Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla exceed three months, driving some candidates to seek slots in less saturated provinces.